Hurricane Katrina and the Tea Party: Introductions are indeed in order

12:36 PM,
Feb. 24, 2014

Written by

Sid Salter

Seems uncertainty reared its head in Mississippi's Republican U.S. Senate primary this week. But the depth and degree of uncertainty - if one wants to call it that - between the two candidates really defines the race and points up the choices facing Mississippi voters.

Supporters of state Sen. Chris McDaniel's U.S. Senate campaign were absolutely apoplectic when U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran wryly told a Jackson television station: "The tea party, you know, is something I don't really know a lot about."

In response, McDaniel told the Associated Press that Cochran's statement was proof that the he ...